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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Owensboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Owensboro and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Owensboro:
- 31.877567, -83.427922
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Owensboro
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Wilcox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilcox County
- Since Owensboro is near Turner County and also Ben Hill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Turner County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ben Hill County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Owensboro
Communities Also Named Owensboro ...
We found two communities that are also named Owensboro.
Within Georgia, the name Owensboro is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Pasco County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Owensboro [Pasco County].
- Kentucky
- Daviess County
- This Owensboro is located in Daviess County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Owensboro that is located in Wilcox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Owensboro.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Owensboro ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Armboy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Armboy is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armboy
- Cold Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cold Springs is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Double Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Double Run is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Run
- Flat Ford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Flat Ford is located in Irwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ford
- Forest Glen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Forest Glen is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Kramer
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kramer is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer
- Lulaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lulaville is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Queensland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Queensland is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensland
- Rebecca
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shinglers ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shinglers is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinglers
How Far From Owensboro to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Owensboro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Owensboro and extending to:
- Abbeville, which is the Seat of Wilcox County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Owensboro to Abbeville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 603 miles [970.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,175 miles [11,547 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,058 miles [8,140.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Owensboro could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Owensboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Owensboro to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Owensboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8776, Longitude: -83.4279 In this case, the coordinates for Owensboro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.612 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.676 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.366 degrees. |
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